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Video footage of the fatal brawl involving members of an Arizona family and local police has been released by authorities.
The fight erupted last month in the parking lot of a Cottonwood, Ariz. Walmart. According to NBC News, Cottonwood police said a female employee was reportedly assaulted while attempting to enter a restroom inside of the store. CNN reports that responding police officers arrived to find eight members of the Gaver family attacking another employee. Per NBC News, the situation escalated when members of the Gaver family directed their aggression towards the Cottonwood Police Department:
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The newly released video appears to show officers and suspects punching and kicking one another, and officers using Tasers, batons and pepper spray on several members of the Gaver family. An officer identified as Sgt. Jeremy Daniels appears to be on the ground in a struggle with a suspect over the officer's weapon. An officer identified as Officer Rick Hicks appears to shoot one man in the stomach before fatally shooting a man on top of Daniels.
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David Gaver, 28, sustained the gunshot wound to the stomach from Officer Hicks. His brother, 21-year-old Enoch Gaver, was killed by Hicks after taking Sgt. Daniels' weapon and shooting him in the leg. Daniels was later released from the hospital after being treated for his injuries.
Six members of the Gavers family were taken into custody, and four were charged with resisting arrest and assaulting an officer. Footage of the incident can be viewed below, but be advised that it is graphic.